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LoginChapter 1 "Guide Blind" Person
"Old rule, this medicine... I also ask Miss Axiang to watch my young master drink it with her own eyes."
A bowl of warm medicine was stuffed into Axiang's hand. The maid specially emphasized the word "with her own eyes". Axiang has been staying at the Wei Mansion for three days. A bowl of medicine is delivered on time at three quarters every day, as if it was planned.
Axiang weighed the medicine bowl in his hand, looked at the brown liquid still swirling on it, and subconsciously smiled, "Okay."
People here had the impression of Axiang as being docile and easy to handle, especially since the courtyard did not allow servants like them to stay for a long time. When the maid saw Axiang receiving the medicine, she looked around nervously, then turned and left in a hurry.
Axiang watched the maid's figure disappear from the corner of the courtyard wall, then she suppressed the smile on her face, turned around lightly, flipped her wrist, and poured the bowl of medicine into the flower pot.
Sizzling...the concoction made a slight bubbling sound in the soil, and after neutralizing it, it also emitted a strange smell.
This medicine contains Sichuan Wu, which is a great tonic.
But in this yard, there are still white grass growing all over the wall.
Sichuan Wujia white grass - is highly poisonous.
If the young master of the Wei Mansion really drinks this medicine, he may not live past March.
There was still some medicine dregs left in the medicine bowl, so Axiang directly wrapped it in a handkerchief, turned around and pushed open a door.
"Drinking medicine...Wei, eldest son."
Axiang almost blurted out the classic Dalang sentence. Fortunately, the tip of his tongue rolled quickly and he retracted it in time.
On the bed not far away, I saw a man sitting upright and quietly. A thick black cloth stretched from the bridge of his nose to the back of his head, completely covering his eyes and even the upper half of his face.
This is the eldest son of the Wei family, Wei Zhan.
A blind man.
Axiang narrowed his eyes: "Master Wei, it's time to drink the medicine."
After saying that, Axiang placed the empty bowl on the table. Two homemade mugwort pills were thrown into it.
The man beside the bed lowered his head slightly, placed his hands on his knees, and exposed the lower half of his jaw with a cold arc.
"The medicine bowl is empty, what do you want me to drink?"
The sounds of placing an empty bowl and a full bowl on the table are completely different. The bowl A Xiang put down just now was clearly an empty bowl.
Axiang picked up the kettle on the table and poured water into the medicine bowl. Soon the bowl was filled with water. Her face was not red and she was out of breath: "Who said it was empty? Isn't it full?"
The man beside the bed seemed to be choked, and the veins on his forehead twitched faintly.
But because he is blind, there is nothing he can do.
"Young master, please get up," Ah Xiang said briskly, "take three steps to the three o'clock to the right."
The medicine is on the table, and the table is three steps away.
The silent man finally stood up. He was thin and tall under his loose robes, and his whole body was like a cold sword waiting to be stained with frost.
He raised his foot and took a step to the right.
As for Ah Xiang at the table, he raised his feet almost at the same time and took a step back.
One, two, three.
The man took three steps forward, and Axiang also took three steps back, no more, no less, impartial.
The man's toes touched the stool.
Axiang’s back also reached the door.
"Master, please take a seat." Axiang raised an eyebrow.
Wei Zhan sat down in silence.
"The medicine bowl is placed two fingers away from the young master's right hand. The young master can raise his hand and touch it."
After saying this, Wei Zhan reached out accurately and grasped the edge of the medicine bowl.
One command, one action, the two work together almost seamlessly.
The fragrance of mugwort can almost reach Wei Zhan's nose.
“Since Miss Axiang came, the taste of this medicine seems to be different.
Axiang stood by the door and looked at him from a distance, without any embarrassment at all. "Mugwort has the effect of warming the meridians and unblocking the meridians, and can improve symptoms such as bleeding due to deficiency and cold. It is a good medicine."
This is the mugwort she brought from home. It was boiled and condensed into pills. She would not give it to most people.
Wei Zhan did not speak this time, and slowly moved his hand across the edge of the medicine bowl, feeling the warmth and coolness. After a while, he picked up the medicine bowl, brought it to his lips, and drank it bit by bit.
Seeing the patient's cooperation, Axiang was also very satisfied. "Now that you have finished drinking the medicine, you can go back the way you came."
Wei Zhan's daily movement space is within these three steps, the bed and the table. The table, the bed.
At least this has been the case for the three days that Axiang has been here.
In addition to drinking medicine, Wei Zhan sat beside the bed like a sculpture.
Wei Zhan stood up from the table again, slowly, but still stepped back to the bed.
Axiang stepped forward again and took out the veil from his arms.
The handkerchief contained the medicine dregs from before, and Axiang poured the medicine dregs back into the empty bowl. He also moved it a few times with his hands. The medicine residue becomes extremely natural.
The subtle movement once again made Wei Zhan pay attention, but unfortunately, he was still blind.
"Miss Axiang, I am blind, not stupid."
He finally spoke out, as if to warn the girl.
Axiang calmly put the handkerchief back into his arms, glanced at him, and saw the sword that was always placed by the bedside.
The old white scabbard is engraved with something like the word "Look", which is already a bit blurry.
Based on the marks on the hilt, Axiang deduced that this sword must have been often held in the hands of its owner. In other words, this Young Master Wei should be a swordsman, presumably one with high martial arts skills.
But this sword has not been unsheathed for a long time.
No matter what kind of powerful person he was before, at this moment, he is just a blind man.
The blind man - the blind man who has trouble even walking three steps away from himself.
Axiang smiled. How could she be afraid of a blind man.
"Before I came, the servants in the house quietly told me that after Mr. Wei became blind, he became violent and would not allow any servants to get close... Anyone who dares to come within three steps of the young master will have his hands and feet broken off, or even die."
This is the reason why A-xiang always keeps three steps away from him. A-xiang has always been cautious and cherishes his life. Even if the other party is blind.
So the Wei Mansion had no choice but to invite Ah Xiang.
"I heard that the girl can make the blind...reborn."
The housekeeper of the Wei Mansion who came to invite her in the first place had a fawning expression and awkward movements.
After many people become blind, their first reaction is that they no longer want to live. How can you endure the despair of darkness after you have tasted the light?
The people in this world are so ironic, if you are born blind, you can survive. Maybe even live well.
But once you are blind, the sky seems to have collapsed.
Axiang has seen many such people.
In fact, the more outstanding, powerful, and proud a person is before going blind, the more decadent, lifeless, and a mess he becomes after losing his sight.
"As long as the girl is willing to help my young master, the Wei family is willing to pay a lot of money..."
Under the sun, Axiang looked at the hunched-back, sweaty housekeeper of the Wei Mansion, and said kindly, "Okay, no problem."
Axiang was already a little famous in Xianshui Town.
Xianshui Town is a small place, and everything spreads quickly.
For example, three months ago, a peasant woman who was blind due to illness decided to hang herself with the belt around her waist while her children were out in order not to hinder her children.
And a young girl happened to pass by the door at that time.
She saved the peasant woman and was even surprised by the reason why people seek death because they are blind.
"Who said you have to die if you are blind?"
Just a pair of eyes, in some people's minds, can be worth a life?
What’s even more frightening is that many people think so.
"The eyes are gone, but you still have ears, mouth, limbs, and torso."
There are so many organs in the human body, but just missing an insignificant eye, how can you seek death.
Axiang looked at the peasant woman's still ashen expression, and sighed helplessly: "It just so happens that I have no place to live. Since you don't want to live anymore, can you do a good deed and take me in for a few days before you die?"
Axiang is not from Xianshui Town. She came all the way from other places, and all her money and money have been spent.
In fact, standing in front of the peasant woman, she was already disgraced and impoverished. Very shameful.
However, the peasant woman cannot see it.
She just heard a nice and gentle girl talking.
When she learned that the girl in front of her was almost the same age as her own children, the peasant woman couldn't help but shed tears, and her desire to die was no longer urgent at that moment.
The peasant woman not only took Ah Xiang in, but also gave her two changes of clothes.
She thought she was going to die soon, so these clothes might as well be left to those in need.
Axiang stayed in the peasant woman's home for three days. During these three days, a jaw-dropping miracle happened.
The peasant woman reappeared in front of the town people, smiling and walking with ease, almost the same as when she was not blind.
"Girl Axiang has magical skills that can make the blind regain their sight."
The children of the peasant woman cried bitterly and thanked Axiang. They were pleasantly surprised to find that their energetic mother was reborn.
For those who almost died three days ago, this is naturally tantamount to reincarnation.
After that, Axiang stayed in Xianshui Town. There were many blindness patients in Xianshui Town due to various reasons. Axiang helped people "guide the blind" in exchange for accommodation and food.
When the Wei family found her, she was already well-known in this area.
"Whether it is eating or living, Mr. Wei can do it by himself as he did before when he was healthy. Axiang is only responsible for guiding the prince and being his voice."
——That is, being his guide three steps away.
Blind guide.
Guide blind.
Axiang is the "guide for the blind" invited by the Wei Mansion to Wei Zhan.
??The heroine’s name, the first sound of Xiang (xiang), the same fragrance